Russian Military Reforms and Force Restructuring
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Russian Mobilization and Force Generation Efforts
Russia is forming and training anti-unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) groups across different military branches in an effort to defend military infrastructure.
Integration of Veterans into Russian Society
Russian law enforcement arrested leaders of two combat veteran public and non-profit organizations, possibly as part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to establish state-controlled and pro-war veteran organizations.
Russian Defense Industrial Base
The Russian Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media Ministry is considering introducing restrictions on the use of foreign-made cloud servers in hopes of incentivizing and speeding up the creation of a state-controlled cloud server.
Russia is reportedly recruiting Ukrainian teenagers in occupied Ukraine to produce strike drones in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Republic of Tatarstan.
Russian Technological Adaptations
Russian developers continued to test and deploy new anti-drone measures such as combat lasers, tools to cut fiber-optic cables, and electronic warfare (EW) adaptations.
Russian forces have deployed into combat jet-powered Dan-M drones, which can be launched from Mi-8 helicopters.
Russian Economy
The Russian government is reportedly pressuring Russian Central Bank Chairperson Elvira Nabiullina to lower Russia’s key interest rate on June 6 to reduce the impact of high interest rates on the Russian budget and civilian industries.
